Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-22

and as was told in confidence, suppos,
l ought not to-
"Surely you don't think 1 will betra,
any confidence. And for that ma tier, q,
you have mentioned no name, how coulC
| I?'
"You won't think I'm making it up,wil
! you? Because 1t was put before me il
such way that, honestly, l can't hell
believing it's true, though of course i
does seem very extraordinary, and a.
that"
al certainly don't question tia. yor
believe the story. So far IS Pm con-
cerned, it don't make any difference
whether it's really true or not; but you
make it very entertaining"
Thanks; you're very kind, I'm sure
Well, the way Of 1t is this. LAST night
this person-this lady, you know-went
TO Grady's at quarter TO eleven O'Clock
and staid With him over an hour. Oh, l
forgot TO say that the stuff the thieves got
out Of the bank was only small part of
it n Cash-s great q lot Of it was in Sc
curities and bonds that could not be nego-
tiated. OF course they would hope TO
lind some way Of realizing something out
Of them, and their idea would be to keep
them in some place where the bank
couldn't possibly get st them untilst last
the directors would be compelled, TO
escape insolvency, to open negotiations
with the thieves and offer 10 compromise
with them on the basis of paying theEsR
percentage Of the face value of the boLds.
don't know if l make myself ClesrHb
81 understand perfectly" returned the
lady in voice scarcely audible. -
"Well now, there was only one way
the bank could parry that attack-sssum-
ing, CT course, that they gave up all hope
OF getting back the original bonds and
securities and that was 10 get dupli-
Gates 10 replace them But in order 10
do that they would be obliged TO get 6
special bill passed by Congress suthoriz-
ING the duplication. So they decided to
try and do that. But the thieves were on
the alert and were not long in finding out
what the bank intended. 1t was an i'm
pOrtant matter for both sides-the loss of
over s., 100000 one way or the other
Everything possible must be done to stop
or delay the passage Of that bill They
consulted Grady, and he tOld them the
only thing to be done was TO hire some
one to 90 up 10 Washington and lobby
against the 5ill-thst Is, l suppose, offer
money, or some other inducement, to the
Legislators 10 vote Ggainstit Grady said he
would put up g certain amount of money
to defray the expenses and would send q
person in whom he had confidence to do
the lobbying, provided that they the
thieves, you know would raise Ru equal
amount Of money on their side out Of the
cash proceeds Of the robbery. They
talked over the matter, and made it out
that even If the thieves taxed themselves
al they had it wouldn't be enough ne8rly
to balance G!sdy's advance. SO finally
ne agreed to give double what he at first
to add to Whatever they could
raise among themselves, on condition
that If the lobby were successful he was
to receive ha1 OF whatever sum they
could get by compromise with the bank
on the bonds, So, you see ifthe COmpro- /
mise was for 80 per cent. Of the fsCe value |
for instance, the thieves would get up /
ward Of 81 100000 dollars and Grady /
would get upward OF $500, 900 all to HIM /
self
"Weu, now, to 90 back to last night
Of course you can see without my telling .
you that the person whom Grady had de- |
1lded to send TO Washington 10 do the |
lobbying for the thieves was this lady. |
she knew two or three lobbyists-men |
who would be likely to accept the kind of .
she was able TO ofer-and
woman like her, clever aud beautiful and |
With plenty Of money, would be enough .
10 tempt any man-and she was to start |
this morning, on this very train, by the
way, and There, now, Mrs
Nelson." exclaimed the gentleman, sud
tenly breaking of and changing his tone,
Il was sure l was boring you, Why
didn't you tell me before? Aren't you
ceiling well? Snail l send for glass of
TateT?n
The lady had leaned back in her chair,
lalf closing her eyes and with q white
ness spreading round her lips, which
we're sticky end tremulous. But she was
/ very courageous woman, and in less
han q minute she had regained command
If herself and sat erect again.
"You-you called me-a name" she
,aic, and paused, looking ct him.
"Did l: Only q slip of the tongue, l
assure you. I don't know you from
you don't want to be known
There, now, take some tlme-dcn't be
Worried. Think it ell over and then tell
ne what you'd ike to DO"
He rose from his chair, put MS silk
kull cap in the pocket Of his OverCoat,
esumed his other nat aud his rubbers and
Ook look out Of the window.
"We shal be al Wilmington in about
en- minutes mOve," he remarked, sitting
Own again. ~ nave q crest mind-if
Othing should occur TO prevent ito
.et out there and tske the next train
ack to New York. Ii Will depend upon
What news l receive before the train
tops" lie took out his watch, "Just
en- mlnutcs,n he repeated.
"What are they going TO do to this
ady?" she inquired,
"They don't want to do anything. II
ossible, they would prefer 20 overlook !
yhst she has already done. She helped
o Steal the money, but she has as yet
one nothing TO prevent its being recov-
red. OF course, though, if she were to {
tempt thst lobbying business they would !
e compelled to arrest her. On the other /
and, she would be expected, in con
Iteration of not being molested, to cease
citing any longer in any way in the in
crest of the robbers. And possibly, in
ase it should be Indispensable, she might
e asked to give little assistance on the
Their side. That's reasonable: don't you
link sO?"
AS the lady made no reply he took 8 5
.ussia leather wallet from his pocket, a
a folded paper from it and con- r
nued:
nNow, the Way they thought of arrang- 7
lg the matter was this. This paper, as /
on see, contains q summary in the form :
( a personal statement, Of what l have q
Ist been telling you. They will ask the
erson whom 1t concerns to read 1t over, 3
nd il she thinks advisable, 10 write IN q